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What is everyone using to replace the cab mount bushings? My fronts are whipped and might look at replacing them this winter.

I saw this at the movies when it came out. I always remember the scene when Helen Shavers(Pickup) stood up and pulled her panties up. Quite a site for a young, impressionable boy!! I have the paperback book(also Convoy) as I like to read it over and over playing the scenes in my head from the movie. Way before VHS, I would record Movin On with my tape recorder so I could replay it again. Never realizing what we would be holding in our hands today(smartphone).

I finally made an Amazon order(I don't that very often) and it included the book. Can't wait to get it.

How much more simplier the times were with cars back then. Friend had a duster with a slant "tick". Friend still has his 68 stepside pickup with 6 banger. His son is finally getting started on the restoration. He has collect up a 413 and cross ram for it. Been talking about it for 40 yrs. 😆

I've been over to Dick's birthday parties back nearly 20 yrs ago but don't recall the truck. Our local ATHS would have a meeting there during his party. Always a great place to visit back then.

Good friend has 74 GTO(nova look alike). Fellow raced or for years, crashed it pretty good, another friend bought it, was never(couldn't)do anything with it. Another friend bought it(bodyman) and restored it. Still races it. Front plate NO NOVA. That group of friends are all Pontiac guys. One has 75(ish) Firebird, stripper deluxe version. Pale yellow with 6 cylinder, 3 on the floor. Real nice survivor. He was never a real racer type so the 6 banger is good for him. He had a lot of cool 60s Pontiacs back in the 80s after college. 65 Bonneville(8 lug wheels), 389, real nice. 66,67 Catalina's, 78 Bird, 72 tempest(called starkys hutch car due to red-white lazer stripe down side). He never could keep anything. Buy, drive, sell. 70 Bonneville wagon with vinyl top!

36 yrs ago. Still have the blue truck. I was just a young pup! Blue is 69, black truck a 70. Black truck was daily driver for 12 yrs. Rusty ol hulk I kept fixing up. Blue truck was nice southern piece and I was in heaven driving it compared to black truck.

Now the west coast of Fla is going to get hit again this week.

I've run mine out of fuel a couple times(not on purpose) and a few dozen pumps on the primer and away it went.

Bob, No more waiting on the weekend! EVERY day is Saturday!! LTK, I have thought about doing some pancake air bags on my front axle. A fellow did here years ago. I would want new leaf springs because these 70yr old ones would like break if they actually moved. That is what happened with my rear leafs when I first bought the truck and cut them down. They cracked right next to the axle. They did last a few years.

I would remove fuel lines at each point and pressurize tank and see where it stops. Do you have hand prime pump? Does it work? They can be pulled apart and clean check valves. When using the hand pump, it will fill everything and then start returning to the tank. I have had to reprime mine a few times in the last 23 yrs.

I'm at 38 yrs in and can't see another 11!!! I'll struggle for 4 more, if the business is still around.

Congrats Bob! Have a ball on the DM. 👍

Likely won't make the Museum. Gerharts maybe.

When I converted mine to 12v, I used four 12v in parallel. It would spin over in single digit weather and start without ether! Overkill but at the time it sat outside and I wanted it dependable. Once the batteries needed to be replaced it only got two because it sits inside now. With air start, not sure I will need to replace those two batteries? They only need to start my Onan and two are overkill for that.

I "may" make it to Gerharts this year?

I have pictures showing the whole floor cut out in 2002. It is solid now, but the under structure that ties into the fenders and rocker panels is gone and not much to weld to. Thus I built this first brace. The passenger side is still okay. Everyone wonders why I want a new cab, yup, this is why. Or take this one off and totally rebuild the underside after sandblasting it.

Did a little fabricating last night. Made another bracket to tie the existing one into the cab mount bracket. It should support enough to keep everything tight for now. Looks like a winter project to get the fenders off and do some repair? I know the front cab bushings are worn and the cab bolts are actually loose.

Ya, the transfer dump use starter button to move truck to hook trailer. Few years ago a local guy had a new stone thrower and it was remote control so driver could see what he was doing. It controlled the shoot and truck.

I think I found my issue. Will be doing some work on it this week. I realized my left front fender is wagging a bit at the bottom. The original cab corner down low is rusty/weak/gone. 20 yrs ago I ran a piece of 1/4" strap from that lower area up to the floorboard area by the brake valve. I welded a piece on the inside of the cab and bolted everything together. It made it all tight. Now, all these years later it has cracked the rocker panel seam behind the fender and is now moving around again. In so it now wiggles the floor board enough to wiggle the throttle as you cruise along, causing the choppy sound. Doh. I realized it after getting out of the truck Sunday night after getting home from the races this past weekend. I saw the crack in the rocker panel and I grabbed the fender and it all made sense. I need to weld that seam and look at rebuilding that area again. I knew it had to be something simple. I have another trip this weekend so I hope to have it working smooth again.

Yes, that is the one I mentioned above. Super nice B with single drive and a tag axle.

If the primer is dry, you can unscrew it from the base and put some fuel in it to get the check valves working. As you pump it, after a short time it will get tougher and that tells you that it is primimg. I usually go another 30 secs and it will light off pretty easy. Might chug or two but will clear up.

The good thing Tom, once all these systems are upgraded, it will be a reliable driver you can take anywhere. Sadly you are the one paying for all of it right now. But next summer it should be a truck you can drive to any show and not worry.

KH is going after big govt with that $25k to new house buyers! What? They couldn't pass the college loan forgiveness BS so now they want to give those same poor decision making individuals money to buy a house. My money!!! They still think that shit grows on trees. Smdh. Her voice came across as a mommy telling her kids everything will be okay. Just let her take care of everything. That will go far for the very young, clueless kids today that want everything handed to them. Trump did well with controlling himself and you could hear the strength in his voice. She sounded like she spent days memorizing her replies.

Ohh, big block.... 😆